Court: Hunter can't bar Enquirer

5:27 PM,
Mar. 29, 2013

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A court ruled Friday that a Hamilton County judge can't kick reporters out of court without holding a hearing.

The Cincinnati-based Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals granted a request by The Enquirer to prohibit Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter from kicking a reporter out of court without the legally required hearing.

"Representatives of the Enquirer shall be permitted in the courtroom," Appeals Court Judge Lee Hildebrandt, Jr., wrote in a Friday ruling. ...